u/Acceptable_Job_136

I had no idea how hard it could be. I taped both books to prevent them from wearing ungracefully. But I haven't been able to move on from the first book because I have trouble with rule two, so it's more used up than the second. Someone told me I walk around with it so much it's like my bible.

I have to clean my gi every day I roll, which is pretty much 5 times a week. I soak it in water with detergent, I try to do some swirling with my hands, then I rinse it with clear water and hang it. But I have one gi for a few weeks and can't use a washing machine where I am. Is there something I'm doing wrong? or is there an advice someone can give me for the collar and the hard parts, like the binding on the waist sides?

It was early April; I still remember the student's disorder in your room. And the heat of the sun outside. And our heart beats under the skin sheltered from the sun. Between us, you had the most experience.

You raised the volume of the woofer high. I admit the silence did make me shy. And the song began so gaudy. You spoke three words that I did not hear.

I was lost in my farthest spheres listening to fifty ways to leave your lover. After our longest kiss you asked me if I loved you, I lied. I wasn't going to tell you that I listened to fifty ways to leave your lover.

I remember my fingers striking the tempo, and a chord giving me a fever. I should have instead been taken by your lips, your burning gaze, and honey skin... as a true lover. I did not say the words you dreamed of. I still remember your dark hair in the light, the length of the hallway when I left the room, the dust outside, and the voice in the song. 

I was lost in my farthest spheres listening to fifty ways to leave your lover. I should have returned to explain that I never wanted to hurt your feelings, but I listened to fifty ways to leave your lover.

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